WO2021003619A1

WO2021003619A1 - Condition switching indication method, terminal device, source base station, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2021003619A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/094940
Authority: WO
Inventors: 尤心
Original assignee: Oppo广东移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2019-07-05
Filing date: 2019-07-05
Publication date: 2021-01-14
Also published as: CN113647144A

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a condition switching indication method, comprising: a terminal device receives an RRC message sent by a source base station; the terminal device determines, according to first indication information indicated by the RRC message, to reserve the current configuration information of the source base station or not to reserve the current configuration information of the source base station. Also disclosed in the present invention are another condition switching indication method, a terminal device, a source base station, and a storage medium.

Description

Condition switching indication method, terminal equipment, source base station and storage medium

Technical field

The present invention relates to mobile communication technology, in particular to a conditional switching indication method, terminal equipment, source base station and storage medium.

Background technique

In the related art, the source base station that provides wireless resources for the terminal device can send the handover condition of the handoverable target cell to the terminal device. When the channel quality of the target cell meets the handover condition, the terminal device performs handover to the target base station to which the target cell belongs. However, how to ensure the normal switching of terminal equipment is a problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

To solve the above technical problems, embodiments of the present invention provide a conditional switching instruction method, terminal equipment, source base station, and storage medium, which can ensure normal switching of terminal equipment.

In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a conditional switching indication method, including:

The terminal device receives the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message sent by the source base station;

The terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.

In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a conditional switching indication method, including:

An RRC message sent by a source base station to a terminal device; the RRC message indicates first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the terminal device to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station Configuration information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, including:

The receiving unit is configured to receive the RRC message sent by the source base station;

The determining unit is configured to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a source base station, including:

The sending unit is configured to send an RRC message to a terminal device; the RRC message indicates first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the terminal device to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the source Current configuration information of the base station.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, including a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, wherein the processor is used to execute the above-mentioned terminal when the computer program is running. The steps of the method of conditional switching instructions performed by the device.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a source base station, including a processor and a memory configured to store a computer program that can run on the processor, where the processor is configured to execute the source The steps of the conditional switching instruction method performed by the base station.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a storage medium that stores an executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, it implements the condition switching instruction method executed by the terminal device.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a storage medium that stores an executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, it implements the conditional switching instruction method executed by the source base station.

The conditional switching indication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: a terminal device receives an RRC message sent by a source base station; the terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message or The current configuration information of the source base station is not retained. The first indication information indicated by the RRC message indicates the behavior of the terminal device, determines whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station, avoids the occurrence of the situation that the source base station configuration information used for the handover is deleted when the handover condition is met, and guarantees The normal execution of the handover.

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of handover according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of condition switching according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of an optional composition structure of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of a handover indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of a handover indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an X2 interface and an S1 interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of a handover indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of a handover indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of an optional processing flow of a handover indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an optional structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an optional structure of a source base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an optional structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to understand the features and technical content of the embodiments of the present invention in more detail, the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The attached drawings are for reference and explanation purposes only, and are not used to limit the embodiments of the present invention.

Before detailed description of the handover control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a brief description of handover will be given first.

In the communication system, when terminal equipment such as User Equipment (UE) that is using network services moves from one cell to another cell, or due to wireless transmission traffic load adjustment, activation operation maintenance, and equipment failure lights, To ensure the continuity of communication and the quality of service, the communication link between the terminal equipment and the original cell is transferred to the new cell. This process is handover. The original cell may also be called the source cell, the base station to which the source cell belongs is called the source base station, the new cell is also called the target cell, and the base station to which the target cell belongs is called the target base station.

Taking the communication system as an LTE system as an example, the handover process of the UE in the LTE system is shown in Figure 1.

Steps 100 to 103 are for the source base station (eNB) to control and evaluate the measurement results of the UE and the base station, and consider the area limitation of the UE to determine whether to initiate a handover.

Step 100: The serving gateway provides area restriction information to the source base station.

For a connected UE, in the connection establishment phase or in the final timing advance (TA) update phase, the source eNB obtains roaming restriction information from a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME)/Serving Gateway (SGW).

Step 101: The source base station sends measurement control to the UE.

The source eNB configures the measurement process of the UE according to the roaming restriction information.

Step 102: The UE sends a measurement report to the source base station.

The UE sends a measurement report (MEASUREMENT REPORT) according to a predetermined rule.

Step 103: The source base station makes a handover decision.

The source eNB determines whether the UE performs handover according to MEASUREMENT REPORT and Radio Resource Management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) information.

Step 104 to step 106 are the handover preparation phase, where the handover request is sent and the handover request response is returned, and admission control is performed.

Step 104: The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station.

When the source eNB decides that the UE needs to be handed over, it sends a handover request (HANDOVER REQUEST) message to the target base station (eNB), which contains information necessary for the target eNB to prepare resources for handover, such as the UE’s X2 signaling context reference in the source eNB Information, UE S1 signaling context reference information, Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearer context, target cell identity, etc. Among them, the UE X2/UE S1 signaling context allows the target eNB to locate the address of the eNB and the core network ((Evolved Packet Core, EPC). The EPS bearer context includes the radio network layer (RNL) and the transport network layer (Transport). Network Layer (TNL) address information and Quality of Service (QoS) information carried by EPS.

Step 105: The target eNB performs admission control.

The target eNB performs admission control according to the received QoS information of the EPS bearer. If the target eNB can allocate the required resources to the UE, the target eNB configures the requested resources and allocates a new cell radio network temporary identifier (Cell Radio Network) to the UE. Network Temporary Identifier, C-RNTI).

Step 106: The target base station returns a handover request response to the source base station.

To prepare for the handover process, the target eNB configures Layer 1/Layer 2 (L1/L2) and sends a handover request response (HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE) message to the source eNB, which includes the handover command that needs to be sent to the UE and the newly allocated C by the target eNB -RNTI and other possible parameters. This message may also contain the RNL/TNL information of the forwarded data tunnel.

Step 107 to step 1011 are the handover execution process, and steps 1012 to step 1018 are the handover completion process. Among them, step 107 to step 1013 are used to provide a mechanism to ensure data lossless during the handover process.

Step 107: The source base station issues a handover command to the target base station.

The source eNB generates a handover command (HANDOVER COMMAND) and sends it to the UE. The handover command message contains the transparent transmission information unit received from the target eNB, and informs the source eNB of the configuration information of the target eNB in advance to prepare the corresponding resources and functions. . The UE receives the HANDOVER COMMAND of the source base station and performs handover according to the handover command of the source eNB.

Step 108: The source base station sends an SNSTATUS TRANSFER message to the target base station.

The source eNB sends an SN STATUS TRANSFER message to the target eNB to transmit the uplink packet data convergence protocol sequence number (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) SN receiver and downlink PDCP SN transmitter SAE bearer status.

Step 109: The UE synchronizes with the target base station.

After receiving the HANDOVER COMMAND, the UE performs the synchronization process with the target eNB and starts to obtain the uplink timing advance.

Step 1010: The target base station responds to synchronization, including uplink allocation and timing advance.

Step 1011: After the UE has successfully accessed the target cell, the UE sends a handover confirmation (HANDOVER CONFIRM) message to indicate that the handover process of the UE is completed. The target eNB checks the C-RNTI carried in the message. And from this step, the target eNB can send data to the UE.

Step 1012: The target base station sends a path switching request to the MME.

The target eNB sends a path switch request (PATH SWITCH REQUEST) message to the MME to confirm that the UE has changed cells.

Step 1013: The MME sends a user plane update request to the serving gateway.

The MME sends a user plane update request (UESR PLANE UPDATE REQUEST) message to the serving gateway to notify the Serving GW that the user plane connection needs to be handed over from the source eNB to the target eNB.

Step 1014: The S-GW switches the downlink path.

The user plane switches the downlink path to the target side. The Serving GW sends one or more marked end data packets to the source eNB on the original path, and releases all user plane/TNL resources corresponding to the source eNB.

Step 1015: The serving gateway returns a user plane update response (USERSPLANE UPDATE RESPONSE) message to the MME.

Step 1016: The MME sends a path switching request response message to the target base station.

The MME sends an acknowledgement path switch response (ATH SWITCH ACK) message to the target eNB to confirm the path switch (PATH SWITCH) message, and the eNB triggers the release of remote user plane and transport layer resources.

Step 1017: The target base station sends a UE context release message to the source base station.

The target eNB sends a UE context release (UE CONTEXT RELEASE) message to notify the source eNB that the handover process has been successful, and releases the previously occupied resources.

Step 1018: The source base station releases resources.

Upon receiving the UE CONTEXT RELEASE message, the source eNB releases the radio control plane resources related to this UE.

The messages shown in Figure 1 include Layer 3 (L3) and L1/L2 messages, as shown in Figure 1, which are identified by different lines.

In scenarios where the UE moves at a high speed or under high frequency conditions, the UE needs to switch frequently. The handover method shown in Fig. 1 has a situation where the handover preparation time is too long and the UE is too late to handover. The Conditional Handover shown in FIG. 2 can solve the problem that the handover preparation time shown in FIG. 1 is too long, which causes the UE to switch too late.

The method of conditional switching is shown in Figure 2, including:

Step 201: The source eNB and the UE exchange measurement control information and measurement reports.

The source eNB configures the UE with measurement control information so that the UE measures the mobility function under the source eNB control connection. The UE sends a measurement report (MEASUREMENT REPORT) according to a predetermined rule.

Step 202: The target eNB and the source eNB perform handover preparation.

When the source eNB determines that there is a possibility of handover in the UE based on the measurement results reported by the UE, it performs handover preparation, sends a request message instructing to obtain the handover condition to the target eNB, and the target base station sends the handover condition of the target base station to the source base station.

Step 203: The source eNB sends a handover command carrying handover conditions to the UE.

The handover command carries the handover condition sent by the target base station, where the handover condition can be a basis or the like. Here, the handover command may carry the handover conditions of one or more target base stations.

Step 204: When the UE meets the handover condition, handover to the target base station.

After the UE configures the handover condition of the target base station, it monitors whether the channel quality of the target cell configured in the handover condition meets the corresponding handover condition. If so, the UE switches to the target base station that meets the handover condition and synchronizes with the target base station.

In the handover shown in Figure 1, the source base station determines the target base station based on the measurement report sent by the UE, and sends a handover request to the target base station. If the target base station replies with a handover request response message, the source base station will generate a handover based on the handover request response message The command (carried on the RRC connection reconfiguration message) is sent to the UE, and the UE synchronizes with the target base station after receiving the handover command.

In conditional handover, the handover command sent by the source base station contains the handover condition. When the UE receives it, it will monitor the channel quality of the configured target cell based on the handover condition. When the handover condition of the target base station is met, the UE and the target The base station synchronizes.

In conditional handover, on the one hand, the source base station configures the handover command for the UE in advance. On the other hand, for the high-speed rail scenario, the UE’s running track is specific. The source base station can allocate the target base station to the UE in advance and include the handover command in the handover command. In order to trigger the UE to perform handover conditions, when the configured conditions are met, the UE initiates an access request to the target base station.

Conditional handover in related technologies. If the handover condition is configured on the network side, the terminal device will continuously monitor the channel quality of the configured target cell and determine whether the handover condition is met. During this period, the source base station may send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE. , To update the configuration information of the source base station stored by the UE. Then in this case, when the target cell meets the handover conditions, the configuration information of the target base station in the handover command is issued based on the old configuration information of the source base station, the old configuration information of the source base station is deleted, and the current configuration information is used with The configuration information for the switch is inconsistent, causing the switch to fail.

Based on the above problems, the embodiment of the present invention provides a conditional switching indication method. The conditional switching indication method of the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, code Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) ) System, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability (Worldwide Interoperability) for Microwave Access, WiMAX) communication system or 5G system, etc.

Exemplarily, the communication system 300 applied in the embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 3. The communication system 300 may include a base station 310, and the base station 310 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 320 (or called a communication terminal or a terminal). The base station 310 can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area, and can communicate with terminal devices located in the coverage area. Optionally, the base station 310 may be a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, or a base station (NodeB, NB) in a WCDMA system, or an evolved base station ( Evolutional Node B (eNB or eNodeB) may also be a base station (gNB) in an NR/5G system.

The communication system 300 may also include: a wireless controller in the Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN), or a mobile switching center, a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, and a bridge , Routers, network-side equipment in the 5G network, or network equipment in the future evolution of the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), etc.

The communication system 300 further includes at least one terminal device 320 located within the coverage area of at least one base station 310. The "terminal equipment" used here includes but is not limited to connection via wired lines, such as via public switched telephone networks (PSTN), digital subscriber lines (Digital Subscriber Line, DSL), digital cables, and direct cable connections ; And/or another data connection/network; and/or via a wireless interface, such as for cellular networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN), digital TV networks such as DVB-H networks, satellite networks, AM- FM broadcast transmitter; and/or another terminal device that is set to receive/send communication signals; and/or Internet of Things (IoT) equipment. A terminal device set to communicate through a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", a "wireless terminal" or a "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellites or cellular phones; Personal Communications System (PCS) terminals that can combine cellular radio phones with data processing, fax, and data communication capabilities; can include radio phones, pagers, Internet/intranet PDA with internet access, web browser, memo pad, calendar, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or others including radio phone transceivers Electronic device. Terminal equipment can refer to access terminals, user equipment (UE), user units, user stations, mobile stations, mobile stations, remote stations, remote terminals, mobile equipment, user terminals, terminals, wireless communication equipment, user agents, or User device. The access terminal can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a personal digital processing (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), with wireless communication Functional handheld devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, terminal devices in 5G networks, or terminal devices in the future evolution of PLMN, etc.

Optionally, the 5G system or 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or NR network.

Figure 3 exemplarily shows two base stations and one terminal device. Optionally, the communication system 300 may include multiple terminal devices and multiple base stations, and the coverage of each base station may include other numbers of terminal devices. This embodiment of the present invention does not limit this.

When a terminal device switches from one base station to another base station, the base station before the switch is called the source base station, and the base station after the switch is called the target base station, and there may be two or more target base stations.

Optionally, the communication system 300 may also include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

It should be understood that a device with a communication function in the network/system in the embodiment of the present invention may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 300 shown in FIG. 3 as an example, the communication device may include a base station 310 and a terminal device 320 with communication functions. The base station 310 and the terminal device 320 may be the specific devices described above, which will not be repeated here; The device may also include other devices in the communication system 300, such as other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

An optional processing procedure of the conditional switching indication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, includes the following steps:

Step S401: The source base station sends an RRC message to the terminal device.

The RRC message may include a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command. Among them, the new RRC message is a user-defined RRC message, and the parameters included in the new RRC message are not subject to any limitation.

The source base station and the terminal perform measurement control and measurement report interaction.

When the source base station determines that the terminal device is likely to be handed over based on the measurement results reported by the terminal device, it executes handover preparation, sends a request message instructing to obtain the handover condition to the target base station, and the target base station sends the handover condition of the target base station to the source base station. The source base station generates a handover command based on the received handover condition. Here, the handover command also carries configuration information of the target base station, and the configuration information of the target base station may include: complete configuration information and differential information configured based on the configuration information of the source base station. Wherein, the complete configuration information includes all the configuration information, and the difference information configured based on the configuration information of the source base station is the configuration information of the difference between the full configuration information and the configuration information of the source base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration information includes: PDCP layer, Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, Media Access Control (MAC) layer, physical layer configuration information, etc.

When the RRC message is the new RRC message, the source base station sends the new RRC message to the terminal device at a time no later than the source base station sends the handover command to the terminal device.

The source base station may indicate the first indication information based on one or more of the measurement control, the new RRC message, and the handover command. Wherein, when the first indication information is indicated through multiple RRC messages, the first indication information received first may be updated based on the first indication information received later.

The first indication information indicated by the RRC message is used by the terminal device to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station. The first indication information includes reservation and non-reservation. When the first indication information is reserved, the terminal device is instructed to retain the current configuration information of the source base station, and when the first information is not reserved, the terminal device is instructed not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station.

Optionally, the source base station receives a handover condition corresponding to at least one target base station, and the handover command includes a handover condition corresponding to at least one target base station, and the handover condition is used to trigger the terminal device to perform handover to the corresponding target base station.

Optionally, when the first indication information is indicated in the handover command, the handover command indicates the first indication information corresponding to different target base stations among the at least two target base stations.

In practical applications, the first indication information may be uniformly configured for all target cells, or it may be that different first indication information exists for each target cell.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the indication mode for the RRC message to indicate the first indication information includes at least one of the following modes: implicit indication; display indication. The implicit indication indicates that the RRC message does not carry a parameter as the first indication information. The display indication characterizes that the RRC message carries a parameter as the first indication information.

When the indication mode for indicating the first indication information in the RRC message is implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command; the measurement control or handover command does not carry a parameter for indicating the first indication information.

The implicit indication is explained by taking the RRC message as measurement control as an example. Optionally, when the measurement control carries a parameter indicating the switching type and the indicated type is conditional switching, the first indication information can be considered as reserved; when the measurement control carries a parameter indicating the switching type, and the indicated type is non When the conditions are switched, it can be considered that the first indication information is not reserved.

The implicit indication is explained by taking the RRC message as a handover command as an example. Optionally, when the handover command does not carry the parameter for indicating the first indication information, the first indication information may be considered as reserved, indicating that the configuration information of the source base station is reserved; optionally, when the handover command does not carry the parameter for indicating the first indication information When a parameter of the indication information is used, the first indication information may be regarded as not reserved, indicating that the configuration information of the source base station is not to be reserved. Optionally, when the switching command carries switching conditions, it means that the current switching is conditional switching, and the first indication information can be regarded as reserved; when the switching command does not carry switching conditions, it means that the current switching is not conditional switching, and it can be regarded as the first indication information. Not reserved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the first indication information in a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message, and the new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information .

Optionally, the custom parameters in the new RRC message may include: source configuration storage parameters, handover type parameters, and so on. The source configuration storage parameter indicates whether to store the configuration information of the source base station. When the source configuration storage parameter indicates that the configuration information of the source base station is stored, the first indication information indicated is reserved. When the source configuration storage parameter indicates that the configuration information of the source base station is not stored When the time, the first indication information indicated is not reserved. The switch type parameter indicates whether it is a conditional switch. When the switch type parameter indicates that the current switch is a conditional switch, the indicated first indication information is reserved. When the switch type parameter indicates that the current switch is not a conditional switch, the indicated first indication information is not reserved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the first indication information in a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control; the measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information. User-defined parameters can be reserved parameters or newly added parameters defined in measurement control. The custom parameter indicates whether the first indication information is reserved or not based on different values. For example: when the value of the custom parameter is true (1), the indicated first indication information is reserved, and when the value of the custom parameter is false (0), the indicated first indication information is not reserved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the first indication information in a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command; the handover command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information, Either the handover command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or the handover command uses a parameter in an RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.

Taking the switching command using a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information as an example, the custom parameter may be a reserved parameter defined in the switching command or a newly added parameter. The custom parameter indicates whether the first indication information is reserved or not based on different values. For example: when the value of the custom parameter is true (1), the indicated first indication information is reserved, and when the value of the custom parameter is false (0), the indicated first indication information is not reserved.

Taking the handover command sent through the RRC connection reconfiguration message and using the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information as an example, the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message indicate that the first indication information is reserved or based on different values. Not Retained. For example: when the value of the parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message is true (1), the indicated first indication information is reserved, and when the value of the parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message is false (0), the indicated The first instruction information of is not reserved.

Optionally, when the handover command uses parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information, the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message are full configuration parameters. Among them, the full configuration parameter indicates whether the configuration information configured by the target base station is complete configuration information. When the full configuration parameter indicates that the configuration information configured by the target base station is complete configuration information, the first indication information is not reserved. When the full configuration parameter indicates that the configuration information configured by the target base station is not complete configuration information, the first indication information For reservation. The full configuration parameter indicates whether the first indication information is reserved or not reserved based on different values. For example: when the full configuration parameter is true (1), the indicated first indication information is not reserved; when the full configuration parameter is false (0), the indicated first indication information is reserved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the handover command indicates the first indication information corresponding to different target base stations, the indication manner of the first indication information indicating the different target base stations in the handover command is the same or different. Take the same indication method of the first indication information indicating different target base stations in the handover command for illustration. For example, the handover command indicates the first indication information corresponding to the target base station 1 and the target base station 2, and the handover command uses custom parameters. Indicate the first indication information of the target base station 1, and indicate the first indication information of the target base station 2 with a custom parameter. Take the different indication modes of the first indication information indicating different target base stations in the handover command as an example for description. For example, the handover command indicates the first indication information corresponding to the target base station 1 and the target base station 2, and the handover command uses custom parameters. Indicate the first indication information of the target base station 1, and indicate the first indication information of the target base station 2 in an implicit indication manner without parameters.

The source base station may determine the first indication information based on any one of the following methods, and indicate the first indication information in the RRC message through an implicit indication or a display indication:

When the configuration information of the target base station is determined based on the current configuration information of the source base station, the source base station sets the first indication information as reserved;

When the RRC connection reconfiguration message is no longer sent to the terminal device within the set time period, the source base station sets the first indication information to not retain;

When the configuration information of the target base station is complete configuration information, the source base station sets the first indication information indicated by the handover command as not reserved;

The source base station determines the first indication information according to receiving the second indication information of the target base station.

Here, the first indication information is the same as the second indication information, and the second indication information indicates whether the configuration information sent by the target base station to the source base station is determined based on the current configuration information of the source base station. When the reconfiguration information sent by the target base station to the source base station is determined based on the configuration information of the current source base station, the second indication information is reserved. When the reconfiguration information sent by the target base station to the source base station is not based on the current source base station configuration information Certainly, the second indication information is not to be reserved.

Step S402: The terminal device receives the RRC message sent by the source base station.

Step S403: The terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.

The terminal device parses the RRC message received in step S403, and obtains the first indication information according to the RRC message.

The first indication information includes: indication to reserve the configuration information of the source base station and non-retention indication to not reserve the configuration information of the source base station.

Optionally, the terminal device determines whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message, including: When an indication information is reserved, the terminal device retains the current configuration information of the source base station; or when the first indication information indicated by the handover command is not reserved, the terminal device does not retain the current configuration information of the source base station Configuration information.

Taking the RRC message as a handover command, and the handover command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information as an example, if the parameter is true, the terminal device retains the configuration information of the current source base station; otherwise, the terminal device The configuration information of the current source base station is not retained.

Taking the RRC message as a handover command, and the handover command uses the full-config parameter (full-config) in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information as an example, if the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes full -config, and the full-config is true, then the terminal device does not need to retain the current configuration information of the source base station; otherwise, the terminal device retains the current configuration information of the source base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, that the terminal device retains the current configuration information of the source base station includes: the terminal device saves the current configuration information of the source base station; or the terminal device ignores the received source base station connection via RRC The configuration information sent by the reconfiguration message; or when the terminal device receives the configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message, it refuses to perform reconfiguration according to the received configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the manner in which the terminal device retains the current configuration information of the source base station may include: saving the current configuration information of the source base station, or not saving the current configuration information of the source base station and maintaining the current configuration information of the source base station unchanged.

It is described that the current configuration information of the source base station is retained by the terminal device storing the current configuration information of the source base station. After the terminal device saves the current configuration information of the source base station, the terminal device can execute the RRC connection reconfiguration message after receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the source base station in the process of monitoring the channel quality of the configured target cell. The configuration information of the source base station is updated. At this time, the terminal device saves the old configuration information of the active base station, and accesses the source base station through the new configuration information of the source base station, and the new configuration information is updated based on the old configuration information.

It is described that the terminal device ignores the received configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message to retain the current configuration information of the source base station. When the terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station and does not save the current configuration information of the source base station, the terminal device receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the source base station while monitoring the channel quality of the configured target cell After that, the received RRC connection reconfiguration message can be ignored, and the configuration information of the source base station is not updated, so as to maintain the old configuration information of the source base station unchanged.

It is explained that the current configuration information of the source base station is retained by assuming that the terminal device refuses to perform reconfiguration according to the received configuration information. When the terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station and does not save the current configuration information of the source base station, the terminal device receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the source base station while monitoring the channel quality of the configured target cell Later, the reconfiguration indicated by the RRC connection reconfiguration message may be rejected, and the configuration information of the source base station is not updated, so as to maintain the old configuration information of the source base station unchanged. Optionally, the reason for rejection may be returned to the source base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the handover command, the terminal device performs measurement based on the handover condition of the target cell configured in the handover command. Before at least one target base station meets the corresponding handover condition, the terminal device maintains data transmission and reception with the source base station, including receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source base station, and reconfiguring the received RRC connection reconfiguration message according to the first indication information To process.

Optionally, as shown in Fig. 5, after step S403, the method further includes step S404: the terminal device determines configuration information for performing conditional switching according to the first indication information.

When at least one target base station satisfies the handover condition, the terminal device determines configuration information for performing conditional handover according to the first indication information.

When the first indication information is reserved, the reserved configuration information is used as the configuration information for performing conditional switching; when the first indication information is not reserved, the configuration information carried in the switching command is used as the execution condition Switch configuration information.

The terminal device determines according to the first indication information to retain the configuration information of the source base station and the configuration information of the target base station sent based on the handover command to perform handover, or to perform handover based on the configuration information of the target base station sent in the handover command. When the terminal device determines according to the first indication information to retain the configuration information of the source base station and perform the handover based on the configuration information of the target base station sent based on the handover command, the configuration information of the target base station sent by the handover command is a check based on the configuration information of the source base station information.

In related technologies, if conditional handover is configured on the network side, the terminal will continue to monitor the channel quality of the configured target cell and determine whether the handover condition is met. During this period, the source base station may send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the terminal device, then In this case, when the target cell meets the handover conditions, the configuration information of the target base station in the handover command is issued based on the configuration information of the old source base station, and the configuration information of the old source base station is deleted, resulting in the current The configuration information of the target base station is inconsistent with the configuration information used for handover.

In the conditional handover indication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first indication information indicated by the RRC message indicates the behavior of the terminal device when the handover command is received, and determines whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station, so as to avoid the situation that the handover condition is met but the user Because the configuration information of the source base station of the handover is deleted, the normal execution of the handover is ensured.

The source base station and the target base station in the conditional switching indication method in the embodiment of the present invention can communicate based on the X2 interface or the S1 interface, where the X2 interface and the S1 interface can be as shown in FIG. 6.

The X2 interface is a point-to-point interface between two base stations, which realizes the intercommunication between the base stations. When the terminal device switches the cell of the target base station from the cell of the source base station, the source base station and the target base station can exchange signaling through the X2 interface to complete the condition switching.

The S1 interface is the interface between the core network and the access network, and the access point on the core network side is the MME of the control plane/S-GW of the user plane. When the terminal device switches the cell of the target base station from the cell of the source base station, the source base station and the target base station can exchange signaling with the MME through the S1 interface to complete the condition switching.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the communication system is an NR/5G system, the UE can indicate the first indication information through any of the measurement control, new RRC message, and handover command sent by the source base station.

In the following, taking the RRC message as a handover command as an example, the method for conditional handover indication in the NR/5G system provided by the embodiment of the present invention will be illustrated through different examples.

Example one

Figure 7 is a signaling interaction diagram of the conditional switching indication method in Example 1, including:

Step S701: The source gNB and UE exchange measurement control information and measurement reports.

In step S702, the source gNB makes a conditional switching decision (CHO Decision).

Step S703: The source gNB sends a handover request to the target gNB.

Step S704, the target gNB executes admission control.

Step S705: The target gNB sends a handover request response to the source gNB.

Step S706: The source gNB sends a handover command carrying the set indication information to the UE.

The handover command is used for conditional handover, and the handover command includes at least one target base station's handover condition and set indication information (ie, custom parameters), where the set indication information is true.

Step S707: The UE saves the current configuration information of the source gNB according to the set instruction information.

After receiving the handover command, the UE determines whether to save the current configuration information settings of the source gNB based on the newly set indication information in the handover command. The indication information may be a newly added parameter in the reconfiguration message. If the indication information is true, it means that the reconfiguration message sent by the target gNB to the source gNB is determined based on the configuration information of the current UE and the source gNB, and the UE saves the current configuration information of the source gNB.

Step S708, the UE monitors the target cell configured by the handover command.

If the UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source gNB while monitoring the channel quality of the target cell, the UE needs to save the current configuration information of the source gNB, and perform configuration information reconfiguration based on the received RRC connection reconfiguration message.

Step S709: When the target base station meets the handover condition, perform handover.

The UE continuously monitors the channel quality of the target cell based on the configured handover condition. If a target base station meets the handover condition, the UE will switch with the saved configuration information of the source base station during handover preparation and the reconfiguration message sent by the target base station.

Example two

Figure 8 is a signaling interaction diagram of the conditional handover indication method in Example 2, including:

Step S801: The source gNB and the UE exchange measurement control information and measurement reports.

Step S802, the source gNB makes a conditional switching decision (CHO Decision).

Step S803: The source gNB sends a handover request to the target gNB.

Step S804, the target gNB executes admission control.

Step S805: The target gNB sends a handover request response to the source gNB.

Step S806: The source gNB sends a handover command carrying full configuration parameters to the UE.

The handover command is used for conditional handover, and the handover command includes the handover conditions and full configuration parameters of at least one target base station.

The UE determines whether to save the current configuration information of the source gNB based on the indication information in the handover command. The indication information may refer to the full config parameter in the reconfiguration message. If the parameter is configured as true, it indicates that the target gNB sends the reconfiguration information to the source base station. The configuration message is fully configured, so the UE does not need to save the current configuration information of the source gNB when receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the source gNB.

Step S807, the UE monitors the target cell configured by the handover command.

Step S808, the UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source gNB.

The UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source gNB while monitoring the channel quality of the target cell, and performs the reconfiguration of the configuration information based on the received RRC connection reconfiguration message.

Step S809: The UE returns an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the source gNB.

Step S810: When the target base station meets the handover condition, perform handover.

The UE continuously monitors the channel quality of the target cell based on the configured handover conditions. If a target base station meets the handover conditions, the UE will use the configuration information of the source base station when preparing for handover (that is, the configuration information updated based on the RRC connection reconfiguration message) and the target cell. The reconfiguration message sent by the base station to switch.

Example three

Figure 9 is a signaling interaction diagram of the conditional handover indication method in example three, including:

Step S901: The source gNB and the UE exchange measurement control information and measurement reports.

In step S902, the source gNB makes a conditional switching decision (CHO Decision).

Step S903: The source gNB sends a handover request to the target gNB.

Step S904, the target gNB executes admission control.

Step S905: The target gNB sends a handover request response to the source gNB.

Step S906: The source gNB sends a handover command carrying full configuration parameters and indication information to the UE.

The handover command is used for conditional handover, and the handover command includes the handover condition and full configuration parameters and indication information of at least one target base station.

The UE determines whether to save the current configuration information of the source gNB based on the indication information in the handover command and the full config parameter. The full config parameter or indication information can indicate that the UE needs to save the current configuration information of the source gNB.

Step S907, the UE monitors the target cell configured by the handover command.

Step S908, the UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source gNB.

The UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message of the source gNB during the monitoring of the channel quality of the target cell. In order to maintain the configuration information when preparing for handover, the UE can choose to reject the reconfiguration message of the source base station and refuse to perform reconfiguration.

Step S909: The UE returns an RRC connection reconfiguration rejection message to the source gNB.

The reason for rejection may be carried in the RRC connection reconfiguration rejection message.

Step S910: When the target base station meets the handover condition, perform handover.

The UE continuously monitors the channel quality of the target cell based on the configured handover conditions. If a target base station meets the handover conditions, the UE will perform the handover based on the configuration information of the source base station and the reconfiguration message sent by the target base station during handover preparation.

In order to implement the above-mentioned condition switching indication method, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a terminal device. The composition structure of the terminal device is shown in FIG. 10, and the terminal device 1000 includes:

The receiving unit 1001 is configured to receive the RRC message sent by the source base station;

The determining unit 1002 is configured to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the RRC message includes: a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the indication manner of the RRC message indicating the first indication information includes at least one of the following manners:

Implicit indication

Display instructions.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the first indication information in an implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command, and the RRC message does not carry instructions for indicating the first indication information. Indicates the parameters of the information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the indication mode of the RRC message indicating the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

The new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

The measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC message indicates the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The switching command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The handover command uses a parameter in a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parameter in the radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message is a full configuration parameter.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the determining unit 1002 is further configured to:

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is reserved, the current configuration information of the source base station is reserved; or

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is not reserved, the current configuration information of the source base station is not reserved.

Save the current configuration information of the source base station; or

Ignore the received configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message; or

When receiving the configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message, it refuses to perform reconfiguration according to the received configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device further includes:

The configuration unit is configured to determine configuration information for performing conditional switching according to the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration unit is further configured as:

When the first indication information is reserved, use the reserved configuration information as the configuration information for performing conditional switching; or

When the first indication information is not reserved, the configuration information carried in the handover command is used as the configuration information for performing conditional handover.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a terminal device, including a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, where the processor is used to execute the above-mentioned terminal device when the computer program is running. Conditional switch instruction method steps.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a source base station. A schematic diagram of the composition structure of the source base station. As shown in FIG. 11, the source base station 1100 includes:

The sending unit 1101 is configured to send an RRC message to a terminal device; the RRC message indicates first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the terminal device to determine whether to reserve the current configuration information of the source base station or not to reserve Current configuration information of the source base station.

Implicit indication

Display instructions.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the handover command instructs the first indication information in an implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command, and the measurement control or the handover command does not carry instructions for indicating The parameter of the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the handover command indicates the first indication information in a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the handover command indicates that the first indication information is indicated by a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the handover command indicates the first indication information in a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information; or

The handover command uses a parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message are full configuration parameters.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the source base station further includes: a first setting unit configured to set the first indication information to be reserved when the configuration information of the target base station is determined based on the current configuration information of the source base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the source base station further includes: a second setting unit configured to set the first indication information to be when no RRC connection reconfiguration message is sent to the terminal device within a set time period Not Retained.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the source base station further includes: a third setting unit configured to set the first indication information to not be reserved when the configuration information of the target base station is complete configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the source base station further includes: a third setting unit configured to determine the first indication information according to the second indication information of the receiving target base station.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a source base station, including a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, where the processor is used to execute the above-mentioned source base station when the computer program is running. Conditional switch instruction method steps.

12 is a schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of an electronic device (terminal device and source base station) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 1200 includes: at least one processor 1201, memory 1202, and at least one network interface 1204. The components in the electronic device 1200 are coupled together through the bus system 1205. It can be understood that the bus system 1205 is used to implement connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 1205 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are marked as the bus system 1205 in FIG. 12.

It is understood that the memory 1202 may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, and may also include both volatile and non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be ROM, Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), and electrically erasable Programmable read-only memory (EEPROM, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), magnetic random access memory (FRAM, ferromagnetic random access memory), flash memory (Flash Memory), magnetic surface memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM -ROM, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory); Magnetic surface memory can be disk storage or tape storage. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), which is used as an external cache. By way of exemplary but not restrictive description, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM, Static Random Access Memory), synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM, Synchronous Static Random Access Memory), and dynamic random access Memory (DRAM, Dynamic Random Access Memory), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM, Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), enhanced -Type synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM, Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), synchronous connection dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM, SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory), direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM, Direct Rambus Random Access Memory) ). The memory 1202 described in the embodiment of the present invention is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The memory 1202 in the embodiment of the present invention is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the electronic device 1200. Examples of these data include: any computer program used to operate on the electronic device 1200, such as an application program 12021. The program for implementing the method of the embodiment of the present invention may be included in the application program 12021.

The method disclosed in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention may be applied to the processor 1201 or implemented by the processor 1201. The processor 1201 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability. In the implementation process, the steps of the foregoing method can be completed by hardware integrated logic circuits in the processor 1201 or instructions in the form of software. The aforementioned processor 1201 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP, Digital Signal Processor), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like. The processor 1201 may implement or execute various methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention can be directly embodied as being executed and completed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium, and the storage medium is located in the memory 1202. The processor 1201 reads information in the memory 1202, and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.

In an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 1200 may be used by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASIC, Application Specific Integrated Circuit), DSP, programmable logic device (PLD, Programmable Logic Device), and complex programmable logic device (CPLD). , Complex Programmable Logic Device), FPGA, general-purpose processor, controller, MCU, MPU, or other electronic components to implement the foregoing method.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a storage medium for storing computer programs.

Optionally, the storage medium can be applied to the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding process in each method of the embodiment of the present invention. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

Optionally, the storage medium can be applied to the source base station in the embodiment of the present invention, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding process in each method of the embodiment of the present invention. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

The present invention is described with reference to flowcharts and/or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that each process and/or block in the flowchart and/or block diagram, and the combination of processes and/or blocks in the flowchart and/or block diagram can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to the processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing equipment to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are generated It is a device that realizes the functions specified in one process or multiple processes in the flowchart and/or one block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can guide a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including the instruction device. The device implements the functions specified in one process or multiple processes in the flowchart and/or one block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operation steps are executed on the computer or other programmable equipment to produce computer-implemented processing, so as to execute on the computer or other programmable equipment. The instructions provide steps for implementing functions specified in a flow or multiple flows in the flowchart and/or a block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in Within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

A conditional switching indication method, including:

The terminal device receives the radio resource control RRC message sent by the source base station;

The terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRC message includes: a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command.
According to the method of claim 1 or 2, the indication manner of the RRC message indicating the first indication information includes at least one of the following manners:

Implicit indication

Display instructions.
The method according to claim 3, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or a handover command, and the measurement control or the handover command is not Carry parameters used to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 3, when the RRC message indicates that the first indication information is indicated by a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

The new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 3, when the RRC message indicates that the first indication information is indicated by a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

The measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 3, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The switching command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The handover command uses a parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.
According to the method of claim 7, the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message are full configuration parameters.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the terminal device determines to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message, include:

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is reserved, the terminal device reserves the current configuration information of the source base station; or

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is not reserved, the terminal device does not retain the current configuration information of the source base station.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the terminal device retaining the current configuration information of the source base station includes:

The terminal device saves the current configuration information of the source base station; or

The terminal device ignores the received configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message; or

When the terminal device receives the configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message, it refuses to perform reconfiguration according to the received configuration information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

The terminal device determines configuration information for performing conditional switching according to the first indication information.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device determining configuration information for performing conditional switching according to the first indication information includes:

When the first indication information is reserved, use the reserved configuration information as the configuration information for performing conditional switching; or

When the first indication information is not reserved, the configuration information carried in the handover command is used as the configuration information for performing conditional handover.
A conditional switching indication method, including:

A radio resource control RRC message sent by a source base station to a terminal device; the RRC message indicates first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the terminal device to determine whether to reserve the current configuration information of the source base station or not to reserve the source Current configuration information of the base station.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the RRC message includes: a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command.
According to the method of claim 13 or 14, the indication manner of the RRC message indicating the first indication information includes at least one of the following manners:

Implicit indication

Display instructions.
The method according to claim 15, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command, and the measurement control or the handover command is not Carry parameters used to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 15, when the handover command instructs the first indication information to indicate a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

The new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 15, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

The measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The method according to claim 15, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information; or

The switching command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The handover command uses a parameter in a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.
According to the method of claim 19, the parameter in the radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message is a full configuration parameter.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, further comprising:

When the configuration information of the target base station is determined based on the current configuration information of the source base station, the source base station sets the first indication information to be reserved.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, further comprising:

When the RRC connection reconfiguration message is no longer sent to the terminal device within the set time period, the source base station sets the first indication information to not retain.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, further comprising:

When the configuration information of the target base station is complete configuration information, the source base station sets the first indication information to not reserve.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, further comprising:

The source base station determines the first indication information according to receiving the second indication information of the target base station.
A terminal device, including:

A receiving unit configured to receive a radio resource control RRC message sent by the source base station;

The determining unit is configured to determine whether to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or not to retain the current configuration information of the source base station according to the first indication information indicated by the RRC message.
The terminal device according to claim 25, the RRC message includes: a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 25 or 26, the indication manner of the RRC message indicating the first indication information includes at least one of the following manners:

Implicit indication

Display instructions.
The terminal device according to claim 27, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command, and the RRC message does not carry instructions for indicating The parameter of the first indication information.
The terminal device according to claim 27, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

The new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The terminal device according to claim 27, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

The measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The terminal device according to claim 27, when the RRC message indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The switching command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The handover command uses a parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.
The terminal device according to claim 31, wherein the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message are full configuration parameters.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, the determining unit is further configured to:

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is reserved, the current configuration information of the source base station is reserved; or

When the first indication information indicated by the RRC message is not reserved, the current configuration information of the source base station is not reserved.
The terminal device according to claim 33, the determining unit is further configured to:

Save the current configuration information of the source base station; or

Ignore the received configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message; or

When receiving the configuration information sent by the source base station through the RRC connection reconfiguration message, it refuses to perform reconfiguration according to the received configuration information.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 25 to 34, the terminal device further comprising:

The configuration unit is configured to determine configuration information for performing conditional switching according to the first indication information.
The terminal device according to claim 35, the configuration unit is further configured to:

When the first indication information is reserved, use the reserved configuration information as the configuration information for performing conditional switching; or

When the first indication information is not reserved, the configuration information of the source base station carried in the handover command is used as configuration information for performing conditional handover.
A source base station, including:

The sending unit is configured to send a radio resource control RRC message to a terminal device; the RRC message indicates first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the terminal device to determine to retain the current configuration information of the source base station or The current configuration information of the source base station is not retained.
The source base station according to claim 37, the RRC message includes: a new RRC message, measurement control or handover command.
According to the source base station according to claim 37 or 38, the indication manner of the RRC message indicating the first indication information includes at least one of the following manners:

Implicit indication

Display instructions.
The source base station according to claim 39, when the handover command indicates that the first indication information is an implicit indication, the RRC message includes a measurement control or handover command, and the measurement control or the handover command The parameter used to indicate the first indication information is not carried.
The source base station according to claim 39, when the handover command indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes a new RRC message;

The new RRC message uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The source base station according to claim 39, when the handover command indicates that the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication, the RRC message includes measurement control;

The measurement control uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information.
The source base station according to claim 39, when the handover command indicates that the first indication information is indicated by a display indication, the RRC message includes a handover command;

The switching command uses a custom parameter to indicate the first indication information; or

The switching command uses an execution condition parameter to indicate the first indication information, or

The handover command uses a parameter in the RRC connection reconfiguration message to indicate the first indication information.
The source base station according to claim 43, wherein the parameters in the RRC connection reconfiguration message are full configuration parameters.
The source base station according to any one of claims 37 to 44, the source base station further comprising: a first setting unit configured to set the target base station when the configuration information of the target base station is determined based on the current configuration information of the source base station The first indication information is reserved.
The source base station according to any one of claims 37 to 44, the source base station further comprising: a second setting unit configured to no longer send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the terminal device within a set time period , Set the first indication information to not retain.
The source base station according to any one of claims 37 to 44, the source base station further comprising: a third setting unit configured to set the first base station when the configuration information of the target base station is complete configuration information The instructions are not reserved.
The source base station according to any one of claims 37 to 44, the source base station further comprising: a third setting unit configured to determine the first indication information according to receiving second indication information of the target base station.
A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, wherein when the processor is used to run the computer program, it executes any one of claims 1 to 12 The conditions for switching indicate the steps of the method.
A source base station, comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, wherein when the processor is used to run the computer program, it executes any one of claims 13 to 24. The conditions for switching indicate the steps of the method.
A storage medium that stores an executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, it implements the condition switching instruction method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
A storage medium storing an executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, it implements the condition switching instruction method according to any one of claims 13 to 24.